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VOLCÁN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot

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Costa Rica · VOLCÁN / PUNTARENAS · other · Syndic and district council — shared ballotCR-D-PUNTARENAS-BUENOS-AIRES-VOLCAN

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TSE vote books joined to official elected-member declarations where geographic and total checks reconcile. Substitutes retained separately. Subsequent replacements and current officeholder status require review.

1. What office, where, and when is the next election?

Geography
VOLCÁN / PUNTARENAS
Next election
2028-02-06
Linked upcoming event
next-2eebd03820612f0540fa4906
Registry qualification
Unknown

2. How certain is that date?

2028-02-06 is expected (not formally called). Day precision. A date without a formal call is not confirmed.

3. Who won earlier selected elections?

2024-02-04

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL40.6%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA24.3%
  • LIBERAL PROGRESISTA24.1%
  • AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDA11.0%
Results for event-0f65b20f9e660be43f66171c
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202427940.6%3Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202416724.3%1Recorded
LIBERAL PROGRESISTAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/202416624.1%1Recorded
AQUÍ COSTA RICA MANDAcosta-rica/Sc1df243471/20247611%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2020-02-02

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL58.8%
  • RESTAURACIÓN NACIONAL17.8%
  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA8.2%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.6%
  • UNIDOS PODEMOS4.0%
  • NUEVA REPÚBLICA3.3%
  • FRENTE AMPLIO2.4%
Results for event-85e06f997ab02e665fac413b
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202054958.8%4Recorded
RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/202016617.8%1Recorded
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020778.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020525.6%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
UNIDOS PODEMOScosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020374%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
NUEVA REPÚBLICAcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020313.3%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
FRENTE AMPLIOcosta-rica/Sfa91292290/2020222.4%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

2016-02-07

Ordinary · Legal certification not established · list votes

  • UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANA42.1%
  • LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL38.3%
  • ACCIÓN CIUDADANA7.2%
  • VIVA PUNTARENAS6.7%
  • REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANO5.7%
Results for event-6012f9b0f14deb02b4371efb
Label / candidateParty codeVotesShareSeatsStatus
UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201638142.1%3Recorded
LIBERACIÓN NACIONALcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/201634738.3%2Recorded
ACCIÓN CIUDADANAcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016657.2%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
VIVA PUNTARENAScosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016616.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded
REPUBLICANO SOCIAL CRISTIANOcosta-rica/S79669f3e5d/2016525.7%0 (recorded zero)Recorded

4. Competition and volatility

competition index

Provisional imported-series CI

0 (recorded zero)0–100 historical closeness

Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Provisional imported-series comparison; actual-event review open

Method ci.weighted-gap.v1. Inputs: latest_gap=16.279069767441865, oldest_gap=3.75275938189845, previous_gap=41.00642398286938

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

52.17percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Twelve explicitly named standalone national parties; accent variants normalized. Local parties and coalitions remain Other. No alliance votes are attributed to individual member parties. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Latest interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PLN","PUSC","PAC","Frente Amplio","PRN","Nueva Republica","PML","PIN","PASE","PRSC","PLP","PPSD","Other"], interval=Latest interval, vectors=[[40.55232558139535,0,0,0,0,24.273255813953487,0,0,0,0,24.127906976744185,0,11.046511627906977],[58.779443254817984,8.244111349036402,0,2.355460385438972,17.77301927194861,3.3190578158458246,0,0,0,5.56745182012848,0,0,3.961456102783726],[38.30022075055188,42.05298013245033,7.17439293598234,0,0,0,0,0,0,5.739514348785872,0,0,6.732891832229581]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

43.93percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Twelve explicitly named standalone national parties; accent variants normalized. Local parties and coalitions remain Other. No alliance votes are attributed to individual member parties. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Previous interval

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PLN","PUSC","PAC","Frente Amplio","PRN","Nueva Republica","PML","PIN","PASE","PRSC","PLP","PPSD","Other"], interval=Previous interval, vectors=[[40.55232558139535,0,0,0,0,24.273255813953487,0,0,0,0,24.127906976744185,0,11.046511627906977],[58.779443254817984,8.244111349036402,0,2.355460385438972,17.77301927194861,3.3190578158458246,0,0,0,5.56745182012848,0,0,3.961456102783726],[38.30022075055188,42.05298013245033,7.17439293598234,0,0,0,0,0,0,5.739514348785872,0,0,6.732891832229581]]

pedersen volatility

Provisional volatility

48.05percentage points

Grouped Pedersen lower bound (percentage points). Twelve explicitly named standalone national parties; accent variants normalized. Local parties and coalitions remain Other. No alliance votes are attributed to individual member parties. An interval is withheld if either election has no list mapped to an explicit named group. This is aggregate share change, not individual voter switching. Event review: Actual-event and/or comparability review incomplete

Comparison status: Both intervals mean

Method pedersen.grouped.v1. Inputs: groups=["PLN","PUSC","PAC","Frente Amplio","PRN","Nueva Republica","PML","PIN","PASE","PRSC","PLP","PPSD","Other"], interval=Both intervals mean, vectors=[[40.55232558139535,0,0,0,0,24.273255813953487,0,0,0,0,24.127906976744185,0,11.046511627906977],[58.779443254817984,8.244111349036402,0,2.355460385438972,17.77301927194861,3.3190578158458246,0,0,0,5.56745182012848,0,0,3.961456102783726],[38.30022075055188,42.05298013245033,7.17439293598234,0,0,0,0,0,0,5.739514348785872,0,0,6.732891832229581]]

Source-reported control: Unverified. Current tenure requires separate dated evidence.

5. Officeholder evidence

Dated roster observations are not automatically current tenure. The source current-office flag means this office is tracked now, not that the last winner still holds it.

Officeholder observations
PersonRoleAs ofAffiliationPrincipal?
MARCO TULIO FALLAS PRADOSINDICATURAS PROPIETARIO2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LILLIAM CHACON BARBOZASINDICATURAS SUPLENTE2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
DUNIA MARIA CALVO ROBLESCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CRISTHIAN RAFAEL CHACON MURILLOCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
ELVER MEJIAS ROJASCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAprincipal
MARUJA ZARATE GODINEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIAS2024LIBERAL PROGRESISTAprincipal
FLORIBETH MARTINEZ VASQUEZCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FRANCY LEONEL ORTEGA MENJIVARCONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
CHRISTIAN ANDRES GRANADOS UREÑACONCEJALÍAS DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2024NUEVA REPÚBLICAsubstitute
JAFET GERARDO ROJAS MADRIZSÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LORELY UMAÑA MUÑOZSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
EDDY ARGUEDAS CASCANTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
YERLIN KARINA BEITA CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
JUAN CARLOS ABARCA BEITACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
BEATRIZ MARIA ARIAS CASCANTECONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LAURA MARIA MAYORGA BONILLACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
FEDERICO ZUÑIGA ELIZONDOCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
MARUJA ZARATE GODINEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
OSCAR ANTONIO BONILLA BARRANTESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2020RESTAURACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
RAFAEL ANGEL CHACON BARBOZASÍNDICOS(AS) PROPIETARIO2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
SANDRA FALLAS CHACONSÍNDICOS(AS) SUPLENTE2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
EVELYN RODRIGUEZ ZUÑIGACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARIO GODINEZ NAVARROCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAprincipal
MARVIN RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
LAURA ALTAMIRANO NUÑEZCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO PROPIETARIOS(AS)2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALprincipal
CARLOS MURILLO CAMPOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
DINORAH SEGURA FLORESCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016UNIDAD SOCIAL CRISTIANAsubstitute
CRISTINA VILLANUEVA RIOSCONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute
ANSELMO PINTO QUESADACONCEJALES DE DISTRITO SUPLENTES2016LIBERACIÓN NACIONALsubstitute

6. Polling context

No local poll supplied.

7. Unresolved issues and sources

  • other · open

    Published province heading correction: {"issue": "Published province heading correction", "year": 2020, "area": "Heredia", "source_id": "S41377daad8", "resolution": "The amendment corrects CARTAGO to HEREDIA in the second table heading. It changes no votes, winners or seats; the original declaration is joined to Heredia."}

Sources

Cite this record

Center for Digital Democracy. “VOLCÁN — Syndic and district council — shared ballot.” Subnational Election Observatory, releaselatin-america-fe5e91689def, snapshot 2026-09-13. /electiondatabase/offices/CR-D-PUNTARENAS-BUENOS-AIRES-VOLCAN. Sources: costa-rica--url-ae6cfb21525f974d8912a00e, costa-rica--url-9b0bf8940eb485b811da317e, costa-rica--url-f8a1e09c9e89a7e5e9c55114, costa-rica--Sc1df243471, costa-rica--Sfa58a101ac, costa-rica--Sfa91292290, costa-rica--S9befea0f03, costa-rica--S79669f3e5d, costa-rica--S90454a984c.